†suborder Plesiadapiformes Simons and Tattersall 1972 (placental)
PaleoDB taxon number: 40701
Parent taxon: Primates according to R. Tabuce et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Berruvius, Ceciliolemur, Ceciliolemuridae, Ceciliolemuroidea, Chasselasia, Cheiromyoidea, Euprimateformes, Haplorhini, Lemures, Megatarsius, Micromomyidae, Microsyopidae, Microtarsioides, Nosmips, Paromomyidae, Pithecus, Plesitarsiiformes, Pliopithecus posthumus, Prosimiae, Prosimii, Purgatorius, Rooneyia, Simia, Simia (Cercopithecus) sinicus pileatus, Simia apedia, Simiolemuriformes, Strepsirrhini, Tarsii, Tupaioidea
Subtaxa: Microsyopoidea, Palaechthon, Pandemonium, Paromomyoidea, Purgatoriidae
Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore